News of a new date may not come as a surprise to New Zealand punters, with Mars having a history of selling out Kiwi venues. <\/p>\n
The Grenade hitmaker previously sold out four nights at Auckland\u2019s Spark Arena in 2018, and The Romantic tour delivered the largest single-day ticket sales for promoter Live Nation across North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
It also set a new Ticketmaster record, with 2.1 million tickets sold in a single day.<\/p>\n
And if two New Zealand shows aren\u2019t enough, there are plenty of available dates for Mars to perform again at Eden Park. The tour doesn\u2019t move on to Asia until April, and Eden Park\u2019s new resource consent means up to 12 large-scale concerts (30,000+) per year can be held at the venue.<\/p>\n
The two concerts are part of the Government\u2019s $40 million one-off Events Attraction Package, with Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston previously saying concerts of such scale attracted visitors and provided \u201ca welcome economic boost\u201d for businesses and communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlongside an incredible live music experience, these concerts help showcase New Zealand as a vibrant destination capable of hosting world-class events,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Bruno Mars sold out his four 2018 New Zealand shows in an hour. Photo \/ supplied<\/p>\n
British band Coldplay remains the most notable act to sell out Eden Park, with three sold-out nights of about 57,000 people per concert in November 2024 as part of their Music of the Spheres World Tour.<\/p>\n
Mars is one of the best-selling music artists, selling more than 236 million records during his nearly two-decade career.<\/p>\n
His recent Las Vegas residency at the Park MGM hotel was estimated to have brought in millions of dollars per show.<\/p>\n
Silk Sonic, his musical project with Anderson .Paak, also scored hit singles with Leave The Door Open and Skate.<\/p>\n